People are NOT happy with Tinder's new update

Tinder is the frontrunning dating app, and probably always will be. But its new feature, 'Tinder Social', which is currently being trialled in Australia, has not gone down well.

In principal, the idea sounds like a great one; groups of friends can match with other groups of friends and embark on a spot of group dating. Ignoring the potentially awkward hazards of more than one friend liking the same person in the other group, it opens up a completely new way of dating for the app. And it sounds fun.

So far, so good. Except that's just about where the 'good' stops, in many Aussie users' minds. Because there's an unfortunate repercussion of signing up to Tinder Social; it appears to 'out' users who have signed up to the dating app to all their Facebook friends.

And although it's not usually seen as taboo to use dating apps to aid your love life these days, it's fair to say some people might not want the intricacies of their hunt for a mate aired out all over their pals' Facebook feeds.

Tinder Social works by showing you a list of your Facebook friends to select your 'group-members' from. But the problem is, this list consists of your friends who use Tinder, which means it exposes you as having the dating app even if you'd rather other people didn't know.

What's not been clarified at this stage, is whether the list includes only people who are actively using Tinder at that time, or just anyone who has an account. Which could theoretically mean you'd deleted the app after getting in a relationship/getting fed up of it, but you'd still be visible on the list. Not ideal.

There is a function to switch off the setting for 'allow me to be added to groups', however, which means your name wouldn't be displayed in these lists. But for users who haven't switched this off soon enough, they could still get caught out. Plus, if everyone switches off the option to be added to groups by other people, how would anyone ever make any groups?!

You need to think about these things, Tinder.

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The app acknowledged on a blog post about Tinder Social that they're aware of the error, saying: "We are only testing it at this point, but it's important to note Tinder's not a secret considering 70% of users download Tinder because their friends recommend it."